After having the baseball card market all to themselves nearly every year since 1956, Topps enjoyed one last year as the solo option for collectors as the 1980s dawned. The world would change forever in 1981 when Fleer and Donruss came aboard. This week's edition of Vintage Pack Facts focuses on the 1980 Topps packaging--and there was plenty of it. The first … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Facts: 1980 Topps Baseball
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1980 Topps Superstars Brought Supersizing to Barren Market
They’re almost an afterthought now. Complete sets sometimes go unsold at $10 when you see them but most veteran show dealers don’t even bother to bring them. In their day, though, they had the hobby buzzing. The 1980 Topps Superstar 5x7 photos were big, bold and more importantly—something new from Topps. It was a year before Fleer and Donruss turned baseball … [Read more...] about 1980 Topps Superstars Brought Supersizing to Barren Market